mattybaumsWell I don't believe in any gods or a higher power and certainly don't have a religion
Lack of belief that they exist is not exactly the same as believing they dont exist, but sure I see where you are coming from now. Onto your actual argument, i would like to state that I am an engineer and religious and to be an engineer you need to be very scientifically literate. Your previous argument that everyone freaked out about is not qualified because not all religious people believe those stories literally. Now onto the point of this thread, anyone who recieves a good education and actually wants to learn about science will either A: reject what they cant prove or disprove OR B: will just take it for what it is and work on things that are actually helpful and relevant. Either way Religion in itself is not the cause of scientific illiteracy and thats not to say it can not be used as an excuse to hide fron science. The cause of scientific illiteracy is completley because public schools in the united states can be terrible. If you dont believe that just look at the news, twice in the last year there have been female teachers having sexual relationships with their students in public schools and imagine how many cases male or female go unsaid, thats messed up, and on top of that these people have the responsibility to teach all of their students. I mean some people are amazing teachers but some disgrace their role in society and that is ridiculous.
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